Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk County Council
Floor 3, County Hall, Martineau Lane
Norwich
NR1 2DH
UK
Contact person: Joan Murray
E-mail: sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH15
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.norfolk.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home
I.1) Name and addresses
Norfolk and Waveney CCG
Lakeside 400, Old Chapel Way, Broadland Business Park, Thorpe St Andrew
Norwich
NR7 0WG
UK
Contact person: Joan Murray
E-mail: sourcingteam@norfolk.gov.uk
NUTS: UKH15
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.norfolk.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/norfolkcc/aspx/Home
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Speech and Language Therapy Service
Reference number: NCCT42072
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract for an integrated speech and language therapy service to cover the locality of Norfolk and Waveney. The provider will work with children and young people aged between 0-19 and will cover a whole range of speech and language activity, including workforce development across different settings (i.e. early years, schools, colleges). The provider will work co-productively and alongside parents, carers and settings, and deliver the requirements for clinical health pathways and statutory requirements around Educational Health Care Plans. Individual therapy will also be required for children with specialist needs.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
34 474 400.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85300000
85323000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKH14
UKH15
UKH16
UKH17
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Norfolk County Council has awarded a contract for an integrated speech and language therapy service to cover the locality of Norfolk and Waveney. The provider will work with children and young people aged between 0-19 and will cover a whole range of speech and language activity, including workforce development across settings (i.e. early years, schools, colleges). The provider will work co-productively and alongside parents, carers and settings, and deliver the requirements for clinical health pathways and statutory requirements around Educational Health Care Plans. Individual therapy will also be required for children with specialist needs.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Strategic vision and approach
/ Weighting: 20 %
Quality criterion: Service delivery linked to impact, outcomes and determinants
/ Weighting: 25 %
Quality criterion: Mobilisation of the new service
/ Weighting: 10 %
Quality criterion: Ongoing service development
/ Weighting: 15 %
Quality criterion: Governance, management and supervision
/ Weighting: 5 %
Quality criterion: Workforce retention and operational resilience
/ Weighting: 5 %
Cost criterion: Financial model
/ Weighting: 20 %
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
The value given is for the maximum contract term of 10 years and includes one off backlog/mobilisation investment to address the impact of the national pandemic, but excludes annual inflationary uplifts, which will apply from April 2023. The initial term of the contract is 5 years with the option to extend by 3 years then a further 2 years.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2020/S 220-541873
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Contract No: NCCT42072
Title: Speech and Language Therapy Service
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10/03/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust
2010 No.727
St Ives
PE27 4LG
UK
NUTS: UKH12
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 34 474 400.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
UK
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern EN Standard form 02 — Contract notice 12/19 Ireland). Proceedings must be brought within 30 days from the date of knowledge (the date on which the economic operator first knew or ought to have known that grounds for starting the proceedings had arisen) unless the Court considers that there is good reason for extending the period within which proceedings may be brought, in which case the Court may extend that period up to a maximum of 3 months from the date of knowledge.
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Norfolk County Council
Norwich
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
01/04/2021